Improvement in ironing-boards



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PATENT FFIGE.

ANTHONY ISKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,844, dated January19, 1875; application filed April 25, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ANTHONY IsKE, of the city of Lancaster, inthe Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements on Ironing-Boards,of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of devices for ironing purposes.The object Vis to combine a clothes-drier with a sliding and revolvingironing-board and cuff-board, made ad'- adjustable to iit any ordinarytable, the whole capable of being shut compactly together and secured,so as to occupy the least space possible When not in use.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my improvement, 'with the lettersof reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l shows the ironing-board,with the parts attached, in perspective, applied to an ordinarykitchen-table ready for use. Fig. 2 shows the same folded togetheragainstl the under side of the board, turned up to exhibit' all theparts in place.

The construction may be briefly stated, to enable any one skilled in theart to make and .use the same.

Between two parallel pieces, B B, united at the ends by cross-pieces KF, slidesa block, H, and a piece or cuff board, C, each provided with avtongue on the edge to fit into grooves in the inner edges of B, Fig. 3.The pivotbolt h of the ironing-board A is connected to the sliding blockH, by which connection it obtains a sliding horizontal as well as acircular motion for its adjustment. A pair of parallel slats, D D, ishinged to the crosspiece F of the parallel pieces B B. Said slats D arecombined at their one end by a crosspiece, G. They are also perforated,to receive lthe cross-slats or driers E, shown turned up,

with the driers in place, Fig. l, as also side rods P, drawn out, heldby a pivot-bolt, connected with the cross-piece F aforesaid. C shows thesliding cufl'board drawn out, and is inten ded to `answer for ironingsleeves and cuffs, as well as for an adjusting clamp and holder, bymeans of its projecting end and turning-buttons L, and thumb or bindingscrew M. (Seen in Fig. 2, which shows the driers E drawn out of thehinged pair D.) In

order to fold these, so as to come under the ironing-board, it isnecessary to slide the board forward to its utmost limits, when theunited slats D will turn down between the pieces B and outer driers rPon their hinges, and allow the ironing-board to be slid over them.Turning the under side up, the drying-slats E are laid upon the piecesB, and held by the turnbutton L and thumb-screw M, connected with thecuff-board G, which latter is slid back any desired distance to holdthem in place. Thus folded, when separately made of pieces of one inchin thickness, Will only be thlee inches in thickness collectively. Onthe under side of the crosspiece F there is a hook-clasp, I, whichengages the edge of a table on one side.

.The turn-button L on piece or cuff board G is pushed up against theopposite edge of the table, and so held by the thumb-screw M. There isalso a turn-button, f, on the outer edge of the cross-piece F, which isturned down over the cross-piece G, that combines the hinged pieces D,to hold them when in a vertical position.

The operation of this combination is readily understood. The combinedarrangement is believed to be both novel and useful.

What I claim, in combination with an ironing-board, is-

l. The combination of the foundation-bars B and the end pieces K and F,the latter having catch I, with the adjustable cuit-board C, having thelocking-screwM, the whole being adapted for ready attachment to andremoval from any ordinary'table, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the bars B B, the board A, adapted to slidelongitudinally, and

`also to revolve upon its pivot h, asdescribed.

3. In combination with the foundation-bars B B, the turning-slats D D,perforated for the reception of rods E, and hinged to the said bars B,together'with side driers P on pivots in the cross-piece F, the Wholeconstructed and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth. v

ANTHONY ISKE. Witnesses:

JN0. M. Alvrwne, JACOB STAUFFER.

